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The U.S. aims to overhaul its outdated air traffic control system, replacing legacy equipment like floppy disks and paper strips with modern technology, but faces significant challenges including high costs, aging facilities, and political hurdles, with a goal to complete the upgrade within four years.
A German military official has warned that the country's armed forces still rely on outdated technology such as fax machines for document transmission and lack the ability to communicate via radio with some allies. The official emphasized the need for modernization to ensure effective communication and security in military operations.
People are sharing the outdated or obsolete technology they still use regularly because it suits their wants and lives. From burning CDs to using physical maps, individuals have various reasons for sticking with older tech, including convenience, familiarity, and personal preference. Some examples include using car keys instead of keyless start, handwriting shopping lists, owning tabletop radios, budgeting with envelopes, and wearing regular watches.
Despite the rise of new technology, there are still people who prefer to use outdated or obsolete items. A Reddit thread garnered over 16,000 responses, with some of the most common preferences including wired earphones, calculators, Nintendo GameCube, notepads and pens, and watches that only tell the time. Other outdated items mentioned were iPod Classics, film cameras, CDs, wired internet connections, printers without subscriptions, physical address books, and landline phones. People cited reasons such as reliability, convenience, personal ownership, and access to content not available on streaming platforms.